The mealy mouthing begins.
51 former U.S. intelligence officials signed a letter on Oct. 19, 2020, alleging that the effort to distribute Hunter Biden's laptop contents “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation,” despite not knowing whether the laptop was legitimate.
The letter was at the core of a story from Politico that claimed the New York Post story about the laptop was “Russian disinformation.”
Former DNI James Clapper told the paper that he stands by the statement “made AT THE TIME.”
“I think sounding such a cautionary note AT THE TIME was appropriate,” Clapper said.
“The letter explicitly stated that we didn’t know if the emails were genuine, but that we were concerned about Russian disinformation efforts,” said Russ Travers, former acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center. “I spent 25 years as a Soviet/Russian analyst. Given the context of what the Russians were doing at the time (and continue to do—Ukraine being just the latest example), I considered the cautionary warning to be prudent.”
51 former U.S. intelligence officials signed a letter on Oct. 19, 2020, alleging that the effort to distribute Hunter Biden's laptop contents “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation,” despite not knowing whether the laptop was legitimate.
The letter was at the core of a story from Politico that claimed the New York Post story about the laptop was “Russian disinformation.”
Former DNI James Clapper told the paper that he stands by the statement “made AT THE TIME.”
“I think sounding such a cautionary note AT THE TIME was appropriate,” Clapper said.
“The letter explicitly stated that we didn’t know if the emails were genuine, but that we were concerned about Russian disinformation efforts,” said Russ Travers, former acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center. “I spent 25 years as a Soviet/Russian analyst. Given the context of what the Russians were doing at the time (and continue to do—Ukraine being just the latest example), I considered the cautionary warning to be prudent.”
Now, just for the sake of accuracy, if you think a guy saying that it looked like a Russian disinformation project is "cautionary," do you think that 51 guys saying that in a letter is something more than "cautionary?"
And what are the implications--if these guys are being honest--of all these intel guys being wrong?
1 comment:
Hunter’s Laptop is destined for the deep SIX. No one will ever discover the secrets buried there.
Happy April Fools Day. At times I think we’re all FOOLS.
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